Amsterdams pond
Dutch (Brabantic)
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Amsterdam pound: one of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms.
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish Amsterdams (from Amsterdam) + Dutch, Flemish pond (pound).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
pond
Gloss
pound
Concept
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Motion
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Cognates and derived terms
- Amsterdam pound English
- Amsterdam Dutch, Flemish
- Amsterdams Dutch, Flemish
- apothekerspond Dutch, Flemish
- pond Dutch, Flemish
- ポンド Japanese
- pont Middle Dutch
- pond Afrikaans
- punthe Unami